working lifenoun
uk/ˌwɜː.kɪŋ ˈlaɪf/us/ˌwɝː.kɪŋ ˈlaɪf/working life noun (PERSON)
[ C ] the part of a person's life when they do a job or are at work:
His entire working life was spent with the same firm.
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Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- decline
- get on
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- middle-aged
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- those were the days idiom
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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working life noun (MACHINE)
[ C usually singular ] the complete amount of time for which a machine can be expected to operate:
The working life of most vehicles can be increased if they are serviced regularly.
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Machines - Functioning
- asthmatically
- commission
- faulty
- fire sth up
- function as sth/sb
- functionally
- in commission idiom
- operation
- operational
- operative
- order
- pack up
- peg
- perform
- play up
- right
- roll
- start
- start (sth) up
- torpor
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